observations
Class Measurement

java.lang.Object
  observations.DomainObject
      observations.Observation
          observations.Measurement

All Implemented Interfaces:

DomainInterface

public class Measurement

extends Observation

Measurement Represents something like 'bloodpressure 120 mm/Hg'. Measurement is part of Fowler's pattern 'Measurement'. It represents the individual measurement. It is linked to the object being measured (the patient) and to a phenomenon type that describes the kind of measurement being made. It's also part of the pattern 'Observation'.

Version:

1.0 2004-08-10

Author:

Sascha Hemminger

See Also:

PhenomenonType, Patient, Observation

Constructor Summary

Measurement(Quantity amount, PhenomenonType phenomenonType, Patient patient, java.util.Date whenObserved)
Constructs a Measurement object.

Method Summary

Quantity	amount() Gives the measured amount.
Phenomenon	calculatePhenomenonFor(Quantity arg) Gives a valuation in quality for a given amount.
Phenomenon	getPhenomenon() Gives the phenomenon for this measurement.

Methods inherited from class observations.Observation

getPhenomenonType, isPresent, whenObserved

Methods inherited from class observations.DomainObject

getName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Measurement

public Measurement(Quantity amount,
                   PhenomenonType phenomenonType,
                   Patient patient,
                   java.util.Date whenObserved)
            throws OutOfRangeException

Constructs a Measurement object.

Parameters:

amount - measured quantity

phenomenonType - type of the measurement

patient - measured patient

whenObserved - when did you observe the measurement

Throws:

OutOfRangeException - if the amount is not valid

Method Detail

amount

public Quantity amount()

Gives the measured amount.

Returns:

amount of Measurement

calculatePhenomenonFor

public Phenomenon calculatePhenomenonFor(Quantity arg)

Gives a valuation in quality for a given amount.

Parameters:

arg - amount to calculate Phenomenon for

Returns:

Phenomenon for particular amount

getPhenomenon

public Phenomenon getPhenomenon()

Gives the phenomenon for this measurement.

Overrides:

getPhenomenon in class Observation

Returns:

the particular phenomenon